Comments on: How to Run Background Checks on Clients

By: webpixelkonsum

webpixelkonsum — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:16:38 +0000

These tips are so simple, but so hard to do on weekday

Ralph

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Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:23:16 +0000

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By: shinlew White

shinlew White — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:03:35 +0000

* With deception and fraud becoming more common in the modern world, a background search and investigation can reflect a higher financial risk to you or your business. Many con artists and scammers portray themselves as honest and legitimate people, but in truth they want to steal your money or identity. A background search and investigationy deception and allow you to take precautions to minimize any financial risks. * The threat of workplace violence is all too real today, and a background search and investigation can reveal background facts about a person which can indicate an increased risk for this type of behavior. No business wants an employee that poses a danger or liability to the business or other employees. A background search and investigation can make you aware of any higher workplace violence risks so that you can take measures to lower these risks and protect your business and employees. * A background search and investigation can reveal information which shows your company may be at an increased risk of liability by association with a specific person, so that you can do what is necessary to lower the risks of liability to your business.

By: xerox

xerox — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:25:03 +0000

I own an investigation firm. We do not provide this service.

The first place you should start is with public records. Almost all major counties offer public records for free online. Don’t pay a website for this information. There are a few reference sites online that keep up to date lists of various cities, counties and states online records.

Find your local county court online (usually by searching with “.gov” and the name of the county) and search for the business record and/or by the owners names. Then run those names thru the counties civil and criminal records. Again, these are offered free online by most jurisdictions.

The people you want to avoid will be found there. Anyone shady will do a good enough job to make searching Google or any other public online forum useless.

Lastly, don’t ever pay any service online for this info. They will rip you off as well. LOL!

By: Madking

Madking — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:29:03 +0000

Thanks!

By: Robert Janelle

Robert Janelle — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:11:04 +0000

@Madking - AdSense is a red flag when you’re offered revenue share because frankly, except for rare cases, it doesn’t pay much. On say a 25 per cent revenue share with AdSense as the ONLY monetization, you’ll be lucky to make a whole dollar for your effort.

By: J.Y.

J.Y. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:30:08 +0000

Regarding tracking and other search tools: http://www.coworkers.com is another site where you can search reviews of people. Asking colleagues really is helpful as mentioned.

By: Madking

Madking — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:50:34 +0000

Forgive a n00b, but why does Google’s AdSense throw up red flags? Laziness?

By: Tuan Nguyen

Tuan Nguyen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:25:30 +0000

Google should show a lot if the client has done some networking, or went public.

By: Jon Norris

Jon Norris — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:37:51 +0000

We actually had a situation earlier this year where background checks would have saved us a good bit of time and energy. If anyone is interested, here’s the story: http://www.onwired.com/blog/if-it-sounds-too-good-to-be-true-it-probably-is/